It is day six in our house this morning. Yesterday we thought the ice would melt but it only began to melt yesterday. Last night, Ana tried to work her way down some ice to try to take Pushkin out and she had told me she had walked through ice before but came back to me to say she had never experienced anything like this before. Ana has lived in cities in which they are used to snow and ice and clear off the roads and sidewalks. Instead because of days of freezing rain, the world was a giant ice rink even last night with a day of above freezing temps, but just barely.

To me, and I know to others, this feels a bit pandemic-y. We can’t go anywhere, We are using up whatever we have in the house. We are getting stir crazy because it isn’t just days off of childcare but its closed childcare, on top of two at home work schedules and there is no way to leave the house. We physically can’t even get down our steps. Normally if Tadej and I have a day together we will play at home, then go to the library and run errands, maybe a walk in the park, and then more playing at home. Currently we change it up by moving from room to room, activity to activity, snack to snack.

Pushkin decided he had had enough and took off into the neighborhood last night. Ana had to slide on her behind down our steps to get to the sidewalk to skate down the sidewalk to call Pushkin. He was blocks away but when we called and I pulled out the bag of treats, he came running and sliding back home. He is the most stir crazy of us all.

It isn’t even fun stuff outside! If it were fluffy snow we would bundle ourselves and the baby and explore in the snow but this slush and ice is too cold and too wet and too everything to be out in it. I watch as others on instagram put on ice skates or cramp ons to travel outside. I would rather stay cozy but also I am getting to the mindset of wanting it to go away so we can get on with our lives and things we want to do.

There have been sweet moments too of cuddles, Ana and I pretend that we go out to coffee each afternoon as I make us fancy drinks from ourexcellent espresso machine, and we have had really great conversations but also a week withouth childcare is hard these days. Our toddler is constantly dancing, moving, babbling, reading and just being a cool kid which I love but also feel like he needs more. He is so fun and also so exhausting sometimes. He has strong opinions and loud protests as well as cute cuddle needs and awesome moves. 

Here’s hoping it melts more today…how are you holding up?